Escape sjson path specials in patch path segments - #1098
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convertPathToSjsonPath joined relationship patch path segments with a bare strings.Join(path, "."), so a segment that is itself a dotted key - Kubernetes annotation and label keys such as cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer or kubernetes.io/service-name - was split by sjson into nested objects instead of being written as one literal key, silently corrupting the patched configuration (an annotations map gained a nested object where a string belongs). Escape gjson/sjson path specials per segment before joining so every segment is a literal key. Segments without specials are byte-identical after escaping, leaving the existing corpus behavior unchanged. Fixes #1097 Signed-off-by: Arjun Mehta <231106746+arjunmehta-git@users.noreply.github.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe patch path conversion now escapes SJSON/GJSON special characters and backslashes in each path segment. Tests verify ordinary paths, dotted Kubernetes annotation and label keys, and individual special-character escapes. ChangesPatch path escaping
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In `@utils/patching/patch.go`:
- Line 50: Update sjsonPathSpecials to include the colon character so literal
path segments beginning with “:” are escaped rather than interpreted as
force-object-key syntax. Extend TestEscapeSjsonKey and the end-to-end patch
coverage to verify keys such as “:2313” are addressed literally.
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| // convertPathToSjsonPath converts a path array to sjson path format | ||
| // sjsonPathSpecials are the characters gjson/sjson path syntax assigns meaning | ||
| // to inside a key. Escaping them makes every path segment a literal key. | ||
| const sjsonPathSpecials = `.*?|#@` |
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cat -n utils/patching/patch.go | sed -n '1,130p'
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fd -i 'patch|go.mod|go.sum' . | head -80
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find . /tmp -path '*github.com/tidwall/sjson*' -o -path '*github.com/tidwall/gjson*' 2>/dev/null | head -80
printf '%s\n' '--- parser-related references ---'
rg -n 'numeric|colon|force|key|Parse|path' $(go env GOPATH 2>/dev/null)/pkg/mod/github.com/tidwall/{sjson,gjson}* 2>/dev/null | head -160 || trueRepository: meshery/meshkit
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github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 leading colon numeric object key path syntax
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In the sjson Go library (version 1.2.5 and others), the leading colon syntax is used to explicitly distinguish between an array index and a numeric key in a JSON object [1][2][3]. By default, numeric segments in a dot-separated path are interpreted as indices for arrays [1][4]. When you need to target a key in an object that happens to be a number (e.g., "2313"), you must prefix that number with a colon to force the library to treat it as an object key rather than an array index [1][5][4]. For example, if you have the following JSON structure: { "users": { "2313": {"name": "Sara"} } } To access or set the name "Sara" using sjson, you would use the path: "users.:2313.name" Without the leading colon (i.e., "users.2313.name"), sjson would attempt to treat "2313" as an index of an array within "users", which would fail if "users" is an object [1][4]. Additionally, both dots and colons can be escaped with a backslash (\) if they are part of the actual key name itself [1][2].
Citations:
- 1: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/tidwall/sjson@v1.2.5
- 2: https://github.com/tidwall/sjson?tab=readme-ov-file
- 3: can't get length of array if the path has a number as key ":4". tidwall/gjson#312
- 4: feat: make yaml-update syntax the same as json-update syntax akuity/kargo#3156
- 5: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/tidwall/sjson
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printf '%s\n' '--- GJSON parser source for the pinned transitive version ---'
gjson_version=$(awk '$1=="github.com/tidwall/gjson" {print $2; exit}' go.mod)
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def parse_path(path):
force = path.startswith(":")
if force:
path = path[1:]
part = []
i = 0
while i < len(path):
if path[i] == "\\":
i += 1
if i < len(path):
part.append(path[i])
else:
part.append(path[i])
i += 1
return "".join(part), force
def classify(part, force):
numeric = bool(part) and part.isascii() and part.isdigit() and not force
return "array index" if numeric else "object key"
for path in (":2313", r"\:2313"):
part, force = parse_path(path)
print(f"{path!r} -> part={part!r}, force={force}, {classify(part, force)}")
part, force = parse_path(":2313")
assert (part, force) == ("2313", True)
assert part != ":2313"
part, force = parse_path(r"\:2313")
assert (part, force) == (":2313", False)
assert part == ":2313"
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Escape : in literal path segments.
SJSON v1.2.5 treats a leading : as force-object-key syntax. Thus, :2313 targets key 2313, not literal key :2313. Add : to sjsonPathSpecials and cover this case in TestEscapeSjsonKey and an end-to-end patch test.
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In `@utils/patching/patch.go` at line 50, Update sjsonPathSpecials to include the
colon character so literal path segments beginning with “:” are escaped rather
than interpreted as force-object-key syntax. Extend TestEscapeSjsonKey and the
end-to-end patch coverage to verify keys such as “:2313” are addressed
literally.
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Description
This PR fixes #1097.
convertPathToSjsonPathjoined patch path segments with a barestrings.Join(path, "."). sjson treats every unescaped dot as a separator, so a segment that is itself a dotted key - Kubernetes annotation/label keys likecert-manager.io/cluster-issuerorkubernetes.io/service-name- was split into nested objects instead of written as one literal key, silently corrupting the patched component configuration whenever such a relationship was applied.Changes
\,.,*,?,|,#,@) per segment before joining, making every segment a literal key. Segments without specials are unchanged, so existing corpus behavior is preserved.Context
Surfaced by review of the meshery/meshery Ingress + cert-manager relationship coverage work (meshery/meshery#21482): the ingress-shim annotation relationships patch
metadata.annotations["cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer"], and the in-tree corpus already carries dotted-key paths.Verification
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